reawaken

verb

re·​awak·​en (ˌ)rē-ə-ˈwā-kən How to pronounce reawaken (audio)
reawakened; reawakening; reawakens
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transitive + intransitive

: to awaken (someone or something) again
a photo that reawakened past memories
a movie that has reawakened interest in their story
Harry's temporarily stupefied brain seemed to reawaken.— J. K. Rowling
reawakening noun
plural reawakenings
a spiritual reawakening
The Taylor demo … signals a reawakening of militant activism in New York. — Sarah Ferguson

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January 1964 was also notable for a development on the pitch: the first time the surnames Law, Best and Charlton appeared in the same XI. Denis Law, George Best and Charlton reawakened United and Old Trafford after an understandable post-Munich depression. — Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025 Discovering a mysterious beam of light during a graveyard shift, Bruner reawakens with visions of extraterrestrials and a slippery sense of reality. — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025 Some people with this syndrome appear to show distinct biological changes, the research found — among them differences in immune cells, reawakening of a dormant virus called Epstein-Barr, and the persistence of a coronavirus protein in their blood. — Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025 This is not resistance 1.0, but we are reactivated and reawakened. — Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reawaken

Word History

First Known Use

1708, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reawaken was in 1708

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